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  Q[  1]='<B>Democracy...&nbsp; is a charming form of government, full of variety and '
        +'disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.'
  A[  1]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato>Plato</A> &nbsp;(427–347 BC)'

  Q[  2]='<B>Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form '
        +'of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.'
  A[  2]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato>Plato</A> &nbsp;(427–347 BC)'

  Q[  3]='<B>Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are '
        +'equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be '
        +'absolutely equal.'
  A[  3]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle>Aristotle</A> &nbsp;(384–322 BC)'

  Q[  4]='<B>The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in '
        +'control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.'
  A[  4]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle>Aristotle</A> &nbsp;(384–322 BC)'

  Q[  5]='<B>Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.'
  A[  5]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle>Aristotle</A> &nbsp;(384–322 BC)'

  Q[  6]='<B>Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces '
        +'through discord.'
  A[  6]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sallust>Sallust</A> &nbsp;(86–34 BC)'

  Q[  7]='<B>An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all '
        +'republics.'
  A[  7]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutarch>Plutarch</A> &nbsp;(AD 46–120)'

  Q[  8]='<B>Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will '
        +'deserve neither and lose both.'
  A[  8]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin>Benjamin Franklin</A> &nbsp;(1706–1790)'

  Q[  9]='<B>Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition '
        +'to put moral chains upon their own appetites...'
        +'<BR><BR>Society cannot exist, unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed '
        +'somewhere; and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without.'
  A[  9]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Burke>Edmund Burke</A> &nbsp;(1729–1797)'

  Q[ 10]='<B>The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to '
        +'burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.'
  A[ 10]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington>George Washington</A> &nbsp;(1732–1799)'

  Q[ 11]='<B>I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of society but the people '
        +'themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their '
        +'control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, '
        +'but to inform their discretion by education.'
  A[ 11]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson>Thomas Jefferson</A> &nbsp;(1743–1826)'

  Q[ 12]='<B>An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which '
        +'has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town '
        +'meeting or a vestry.'
  A[ 12]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson>Thomas Jefferson</A> &nbsp;(1743–1826)'

  Q[ 13]='<B>Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for '
        +'I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.'
  A[ 13]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson>Thomas Jefferson</A> &nbsp;(1743–1826)'

  Q[ 14]='<B>Remember, democracy never lasts long.&nbsp; It soon wastes, exhausts, and '
        +'murders itself.&nbsp; There never was a democracy yet that did not commit '
        +'suicide.'
  A[ 14]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams>John Adams</A> &nbsp;(1735–1826)'

  Q[ 15]='<B>A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government.&nbsp; It can only '
        +'exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the '
        +'public treasure.&nbsp; From that moment on the majority always votes for the '
        +'candidates promising the most money from the public treasury, with the result '
        +'that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed by a '
        +'dictatorship.'
        +'<BR><BR>The average age of the world\'s great civilizations has been two hundred '
        +'years.&nbsp; These nations have progressed through the following sequence: '
        +'from bondage to spiritual faith, from spiritual faith to great courage, from '
        +'courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, '
        +'from selfishness to complacency from complacency to apathy, from apathy to '
        +'dependency, from dependency back to bondage.'
  A[ 15]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Tytler>Alexander Tytler</A> &nbsp;(1747–1813)<BR>&nbsp;(On the fall of Athenian republic)'

  Q[ 16]='<B>Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the '
        +'sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.'
  A[ 16]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams>John Quincy Adams</A> &nbsp;(1767–1848)'

  Q[ 17]='<B>Democracy extends the sphere of individual freedom, socialism restricts '
        +'it.&nbsp; Democracy attaches all possible value to each man; socialism makes '
        +'each man a mere agent, a mere number.&nbsp; Democracy and socialism have '
        +'nothing in common but one word: equality.&nbsp; But notice the difference: '
        +'while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in '
        +'restraint and servitude.'
  A[ 17]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_de_Tocqueville>Alexis de Tocqueville</A> &nbsp;(1805–1859)'

  Q[ 18]='<B>Amongst democratic nations men easily attain a certain equality of conditions: '
        +'they can never attain the equality they desire.&nbsp; It perpetually retires '
        +'from before them, yet without hiding itself from their sight, and in retiring '
        +'draws them on.&nbsp; At every moment they think they are about to grasp it; it '
        +'escapes at every moment from their hold.&nbsp; They are near enough to see its '
        +'charms, but too far off to enjoy them; and before they have fully tasted its '
        +'delights they die.'
  A[ 18]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_de_Tocqueville>Alexis de Tocqueville</A> &nbsp;(1805–1859)<BR>"<A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_in_America>Democracy in America</A>", Volume 2, 1840'

  Q[ 19]='<B>There are two things which will always be very difficult for a democratic '
        +'nation: to start a war and to end it.'
  A[ 19]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_de_Tocqueville>Alexis de Tocqueville</A> &nbsp;(1805–1859)'

  Q[ 20]='<B>The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can bribe '
        +'the people with their own money.'
  A[ 20]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_de_Tocqueville>Alexis de Tocqueville</A> &nbsp;(1805–1859)'

  Q[ 21]='<B>Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of '
        +'sin and woe.&nbsp; No one pretends that democracy is perfect or '
        +'all-wise.&nbsp; Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of '
        +'government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to '
        +'time.'
  A[ 21]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill>Winston Churchill</A> &nbsp;(1874–1965)<BR><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansard>Hansard</A>, November 11, 1947'

  Q[ 22]='<B>The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings.&nbsp; '
        +'The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.'
  A[ 22]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill>Winston Churchill</A> &nbsp;(1874–1965)'

  Q[ 23]='<B>Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel '
        +'of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of miseries.'
  A[ 23]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill>Winston Churchill</A> &nbsp;(1874–1965)'

  Q[ 24]='<B>Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove '
        +'that the other party is unfit to rule — and both commonly succeed, and are '
        +'right.'
  A[ 24]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Mencken>Henry Mencken</A> &nbsp;(1880–1956)'

  Q[ 25]='<B>Every state begins in compulsion; but the habits of obedience become the '
        +'content of conscience, and soon every citizen thrills with loyalty to the '
        +'flag.'
        +'<BR><BR>The citizen is right; for however the state begins, it soon becomes an '
        +'indispensable prop to order.'
  A[ 25]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Durant>Will Durant</A> &nbsp;(1885–1981)<BR>"<A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Civilization>The Story of Civilization</A>" 1&nbsp;(11), Our Oriental Heritage, 1935'

  Q[ 26]='<B>Men decided that it was better to pay taxes than to fight among themselves; '
        +'better to pay tribute to one magnificent robber than to bribe them all.'
  A[ 26]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Durant>Will Durant</A> &nbsp;(1885–1981)<BR>"<A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Civilization>The Story of Civilization</A>" 1&nbsp;(11), Our Oriental Heritage, 1935'

  Q[ 27]='<B>Man became free when he recognized that he was subject to law.'
  A[ 27]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Durant>Will Durant</A> &nbsp;(1885–1981)'

  Q[ 28]='<B>I was guilty of judging capitalism by its operations and socialism by its '
        +'hopes and aspirations; capitalism by its works and socialism by its '
        +'literature.'
  A[ 28]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Hook>Sidney Hook</A> &nbsp;(1902–1989)'

  Q[ 29]='<B>Most socialist doctrines and movements are literally saturated with the mood '
        +'of death, catastrophe and destruction...&nbsp; One could regard the death of '
        +'mankind as the final result to which the development of socialism leads.'
  A[ 29]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Shafarevich>Igor Shafarevich</A> &nbsp;(Born 1923), "<A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Socialist_Phenomenon>The Socialist Phenomenon</A>", &nbsp;(1980)<BR>&nbsp;(A history of socialism in theory and practice through the ages)'

  Q[ 30]='<B>At the heart of the socialist vision is the notion that a compassionate '
        +'society can create more humane living conditions for all through government '
        +'"planning" and control of the economy...'
        +'<BR><BR>Idealist socialists create systems in which idealists are almost certain to lose and be '
        +'superseded by those whose drive for power, and ruthlessness in achieving it, '
        +'make them the "fittest" to survive under a system where government power is '
        +'the ultimate prize...'
        +'<BR><BR>The issue is not what anyone intends but what consequences are in fact likely to '
        +'follow.'
  A[ 30]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sowell>Thomas Sowell</A> &nbsp;(Born 1930)'

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